Dear Editor:

Bohdan Shandor’s column (September 27) includes quite a number of misrepresentations. If one were to search online for Sanders-Biden “manifesto” and nothing came up, that is because the title of the text is “Recommendations.” Mr. Shandor’s use of the word manifesto – an allusion to the mid-19th century Marx/Engels document – is purposefully provocative and misleading.

Mr. Shandor claims: “The unity manifesto envisions an all-encompassing welfare state with every need guaranteed by taxpayer funding. Thus, no one should pay more than 30 percent of their income for housing.” The actual text from the Sanders-Biden recommendations reads: “Housing in America should be stable, accessible, safe, healthy, energy efficient and, above all, affordable. No one should have to spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing.”